{"id":4406,"date":"2022-12-08T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T13:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:07:27","slug":"a-path-to-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/08\/a-path-to-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"A Path to Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4406_330b81-89{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column4406_330b81-89 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4406_330b81-89 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image4406_1c3838-28.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image4406_1c3838-28 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:250px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image4406_1c3838-28.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image4406_1c3838-28 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image4406_1c3838-28 figure{max-width:250px;}.kb-image4406_1c3838-28 .image-is-svg, .kb-image4406_1c3838-28 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image4406_1c3838-28 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image4406_1c3838-28\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tech-art-web.jpg\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-4408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tech-art-web.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tech-art-web-141x250.jpg 141w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tech-art-web-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tech-art-web-270x480.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For years,&nbsp;<strong>Elizabeth DuPeza<\/strong>&nbsp;was a server at Disney World. The job paid well, but she was looking for something more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Wilmington University\u2019s partnership with Disney and Guild Education, she enrolled in the Computer and Network Security (CNS) program at WilmU. Her coursework included SEC465, Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things, taught by Dr. Mark J. Hufe, Director, Cyber Security Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLizz was not afraid to step out of her comfort zone. She signed up for SEC465 as an elective. This is a course in which students take responsibility for their own learning. They pick a project and set about seeing if they can get it to work, with no guarantee of the outcome,\u201d Dr. Hufe says. \u201cNot only did Lizz step up to take on this challenge with little to no electrical background; she also stepped up to compete in the National Cyber League (NCL) cybersecurity competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Midway through the class, DuPeza was furloughed from her job at Disney due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She was able to continue her studies and complete her degree, and was hired at WilmU to teach SEC 480, Experiential Learning in Cybersecurity, which is based on the NCL competition season. She is now part of Disney\u2019s Global Cybersecurity group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hufe says DuPeza is a shining example of an individual who thrives by working hard to overcome obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLizz is undaunted, determined, and she perseveres,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years,&nbsp;Elizabeth DuPeza&nbsp;was a server at Disney World. The job paid well, but she was looking for something more. Through Wilmington University\u2019s partnership with Disney&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,438],"tags":[99,602],"class_list":["post-4406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-partners","tag-college-of-technology","tag-guild-education"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"},{"value":438,"label":"PARTNERS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":99,"label":"College of Technology"},{"value":602,"label":"Guild Education"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/pexels-pixabay-60504-720x480.jpg",720,480,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel Marchione","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rachel\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":438,"name":"PARTNERS","slug":"partners","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":995,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":32,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":438,"category_count":32,"category_description":"","cat_name":"PARTNERS","category_nicename":"partners","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":99,"name":"College of Technology","slug":"college-of-technology","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":656,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":66,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":602,"name":"Guild Education","slug":"guild-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1159,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17414,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4406\/revisions\/17414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}